lords spiritual
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Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit as lords spiritual, and 154 life peers have been created under the 1958 act.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lord Halifax, Randolph Churchill and such formidable lords spiritual as the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
From Time Magazine Archive
What can you not do Against lords spiritual or temporal, That shall oppone you?
From The Alchemist by Jonson, Ben
Present Ascendancy.—Legally, as has been explained, Parliament consists of the king, the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons.
From The Governments of Europe by Ogg, Frederic Austin
In the case of Beauvais, as in that of Winchester, it must be remembered that in all monarchical countries the bishops are "lords spiritual," on an equality with the greater secular nobles, the "lords temporal."
From The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc by De Quincey, Thomas
